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The Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) and Eataly New York invite students in the Italian language program to participate in the initiative “Food in Focus,” a photography contest.

This year’s theme is : “Bringing People Together Through the Power of Food”

IACE students are encouraged to submit photos taken with a smartphone. The image should depict Italian cuisine, from simple, quality ingredients to beautiful, plated dishes.

The contest judge will be Francesco Tonelli, a renowned Italian cookbook author and food photographer.

Each student may submit up to three photos by emailing photos@iacelanguage.org with the subject line “Food in Focus.” Students can also post their photos on Instagram with the hashtag #FoodInFocusIACE/Eataly

Each student must guarantee that the photo is his/her own: he/she who submits a photo taken from other sources will be disqualified and reported to his/her teacher for proper disciplinary actions.
Besides, photos cannot advertise any brand.

DEADLINE: May 31, 2017Students may be between the ages of 6 and 18 years.

The top 10 photos will be printed and shown in an exhibition at Eataly. The top three photos will be awarded with these prizes:

• Dinner for four people at Eataly’s fine-dining restaurant, Manzo
• Tasting tour of Eataly led by a brand ambassador for four people
• Eataly gift box, filled with delicious high-quality products directly imported from Italy.

During Spring 2017 IACE will be collaborating with Diesel to introduce students to an exclusive behind-the-scenes experience with one of the world’s leading fashion companies. Students will have the opportunity to get a glimpse of the history of fashion and its process: from manufacturing and production to the sales floor. Students will also have a guided tour of the showroom with their own personal guide. Due to Diesel’s busy schedule this is a limited engagement with availability for only three dates, so make sure to act fast!

Due to the high demand, limited availability and an effort to give as many schools an opportunity to partake in our events as possible, schools will be limited to one reservation per academic year.

We ask that you please plan ahead when you make your travel arrangements to your specified event; morning traffic is notoriously horrific during the workday. Classes and tours begin at 10 AM, so we ask for all groups to arrive no later than 9:45 AM so that the Diesel staff can arrange your group accordingly. Groups that arrive late for their event will have their classes/tours subject to cancellation, no exceptions. Diesel needs to resume normal operating procedures at noon and that will not be possible if events do not begin on time. Please keep in mind that the staff at Diesel conducts this event outside of its normal operating hours and we must do everything we can to help things run smoothly.

On the occasion of the annual Italian language week in the world (October 17th – 23rd), the Consulate General of Italy in New York, the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE), Kairos Italy Theater (KIT) and Eataly present “New York parla Italiano”, a special event to promote the study of the Italian language among the New Yorkers.

On Sunday October 23rd, between 11 am and 2pm at Eataly Flatiron and between 5pm and 8pm at Eataly Downtown, 15 actors of the “Kairos Italy Theater” ‘s company will be acting and reading passages in Italian linked to the traditional cuisine in flash mob format

That same day, Italian language teachers will provide free lessons within Eataly to all those who are interested to learn Italian language.

Fifth Annual Professional Development Workshop for Instructors of Italian

TEACHING CULTURE IN THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

IONA COLLEGE
New Rochelle, NYMay 13, 20169:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Iona College is pleased to present its Fifth Annual Professional Development Workshop on Teaching Italian Culture. The colloquium wishes to provide an overview of new perspectives while promoting awareness and appreciation of the cultural diversity, values, attitudes, and assumptions that impact the teaching of Italian. A variety of teaching strategies will be presented and, as in previous years, speakers will focus on communication strategies, language uses and controls, contextualized grammatical paradigms, as well as how to use contemporary films and TV series (fiction, daily shows and talk show) pop music and musicals, newspapers and magazines, modern poetry and theater for global and local themes. Regional and National identity and communities, economic and social issues, science and technology, gender, slow food-fast food, beauty and the broad concept of the Made in Italy will be some of the themes presented in this year’s session.
We will also discuss new teaching strategies, applications (Web 2 Tools) and formats (blended class, hybrid and in-class).
The seminar is free for all language instructors.

Take a trip to Italy without leaving NYC! Together with IACE, Sottocasa-Boerum Hill is happy to offer you a real Italian experience in the pizza world. We are what we eat, and we are very proud of our pizza, made with the best and the freshest ingredients. We only use the most refined Italian Flour, from Naples, yeast and water for the dough, that rises for 48 hours before being used. At Sottocasa our pizzaiolo will show you the ancient technique of stretching the dough: moving the air bubbles out to the side is one of the secret to get a wonderful cornicione, while your instructor will guide you through all the cultural and linguistic aspects associated with this marvelous experience. Find out about the history of pizza while watching a demonstration about how to make a great pizza in our wood fired oven, shipped from Naples, IT. Very simple ingredients make a big difference. Taste our fresh fior di latte together with some warm focaccia, baked on the spot. It’s the same mozzarella that will land on your margherita pizza! Basic Italian vocabulary, tradition and culture will be covered along the way.

Participants: 25 + chaperones (middle school and high school students only)

Price: $20 a seat for students. Teachers go for free.

PLEASE NOTE:

We ask that you please plan ahead when you make your travel arrangements to your specified event; morning traffic is notoriously horrific during the workday. Classes begin promptly at 10:00, so we ask for all groups to arrive no later than 9:30 AM so that we can arrange students accordingly. Groups that arrive late for their event will have their class subject to cancellation, NO EXCEPTIONS. Sottocasa needs to resume normal operating procedures at noon and that will not be possible if events do not begin on time. Please keep in mind that the staff at Sottocasa conducts these events outside of its normal operating hours and we must do everything we can to help things run smoothly.

*Changes to Our Reservation Policy*

Due to the high demand, limited availability and an effort to give as many schools an opportunity to partake in our events as possible, schools will be limited to one reservation per academic year.

Beginning this year and moving forward we will be requiring a 20% deposit to be paid at the time a reservation is made. Teachers will have until six weeks before the date of their scheduled event to cancel and receive a full refund of their deposit. Any cancellations made within less than six weeks of the scheduled event WILL NOT be subject to a refund. Teachers must notify IACE IN WRITING should they need to cancel a reservation.

This new policy will be enforced in order to avoid last minute cancellations which leave us unable to fill with other schools from the waiting list. The facilities we work with have many other business obligations and the events we offer are limited and in high demand. We strive to make sure everyone has a fair opportunity to schedule an event and last minute cancellations are unfair to both other schools and our participating partners.

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